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04-10-2006, 07:31 PM
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Back from the vet with the male.
The boa is in sad shape. The RI seems to be getting a bit better. The snake can close his mouth but still has liquid coming out. I also found out he has scale rot as well. I did not notice it since it is in a small section on the belly which I actually had not looked at when he arrived.
The vet does not want to give the snake injections. He wants me to keep the heat up, change out the newspaper twice a day, and have as low a humidity as possible, then come back on Thursday.
Has anyone ever heard of this before? I thought for sure he would start the snake on baytril. Why wait?
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04-10-2006, 07:33 PM
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I cant figure out why he would wait. You would think he would want the snake on antibiotics ASAP. Did you ask him why? Best of luck Steve. I hope he pulls through for you!
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04-10-2006, 07:38 PM
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His excuse was since I said it looked better today than it did on Friday, that maybe proper care will help it. I was ticked. This snake needs meds today, not Thursday.
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04-10-2006, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SPJ
His excuse was since I said it looked better today than it did on Friday, that maybe proper care will help it. I was ticked. This snake needs meds today, not Thursday.
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In my opinion (and take it for what its worth), the snake needs meds now. I would demand that he gives you the meds if he doesn't want to administer them. Proper care is medication along with raising temperatures, keeping a clean cage, keeping the humidity down.
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04-10-2006, 07:52 PM
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does this particular vet deal with a lot of reptiles? specifically boids? It might be worth doing some investigation to find a vet that knows snakes, if this one does not have that experience.
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04-10-2006, 10:35 PM
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How odd that he would wait to even consider giving meds. RIs will generally clear up on their own if not severe but scale rot can easily turn to blood poisoning . I would think it better to start the meds while its a " small " patch. I would guess he's not up on boids or other reptiles.
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04-10-2006, 10:52 PM
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Would the fact that the snake is also dehydrated have a bearing on whether or not to go with injections?
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04-10-2006, 10:53 PM
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does this particular vet deal with a lot of reptiles? specifically boids?
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Mainly corns and kings but occasionally boids.
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04-10-2006, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SPJ
Would the fact that the snake is also dehydrated have a bearing on whether or not to go with injections?
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Yes. They are somewhat nephrotoxic and can impair renal function. As a rule, you want to ensure that the snake is taking fluids...soaking is an easy way, but sometimes tubing is appropriate. Again, I still question the idea of getting the humidity as low as possible, for the reasons I outlined previously...but since I have not even seen this particular snake, I have no choice but to defer to the vet's judgement. If the snake is bubbling over, so to speak (relatively thin, clear secretions, with bubbles...that are visible at the snakes mouth, and may drip/dribble out), it may be temporarily appropriate; but remember that they are a tropical species and basic husbandry requires maintenance of moderate humidity. Dry it out too much and you will end up with problems.
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04-10-2006, 11:42 PM
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Well, this is of 2 of the snakes from this group.
This is how they were kept and delivered to me.
Not a pleasent sight though.
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